The Vikings Traded All Over Europe and as Far East as Central Asia: Supply Chain Management Assignment, SMU, Singapore

Assignment Brief:

The Vikings traded all over Europe and as far east as Central Asia. They bought goods and materials such as silver, silk, spices, wine, jewelry, glass, and pottery. In return, they sold items like honey, tin, wheat, wool, wood, iron, fur, leather, fish, and walrus ivory. Everywhere they went, the Vikings bought and sold slaves too.

Viking traders carried a set of folding scales which they used to weigh coins to make sure they got a fair deal. Describe using the modern concept of supply chain management how the Vikings managed their trade routes. Max number of words 1500 The Vikings traded all over Europe and as far east as Central Asia. They bought goods and materials such as silver, silk, spices, wine, jewelry, glass, and pottery.

In return, they sold items like honey, tin, wheat, wool, wood, iron, fur, leather, fish, and walrus ivory. Everywhere they went, the Vikings bought and sold slaves too. Viking traders carried a set of folding scales which they used to weigh coins to make sure they got a fair deal.

Describe using the modern concept of supply chain management how the Vikings managed their trade routes. The assignment is based on Taking something we are familiar with, and out of our comfort zone General concepts / managing logistics/managing materials/transforming materials / delivering them / selling them / applying them / trading them.

Trade routes, their history, how they’re relevant to Have a strong idea what supply chain is now we need to explain what the concepts are and then describe how the Vikings managed their trade routes using these concepts